New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1916, Page 6

NEW BRITAIL DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916. ued dsily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. My &t Herald Buflding, ered ai the Post OMce at Mew Britalm md Class Mail Matter ilvered by carrfec to any rart of the ctry a Week, 65 (ents s Month, tlons for paper to pe sent by mall | payable in advance, 80 Ceats a sonth. $7.20 a Year. ofitahra xdvertistne 2tion books and press room alwavs open Herald witi ve foura o Ung’s Now Stand, o way, New York City; Roard Walk. at- Iaatie City, and = OND CarLe finess Orice 5 COLUMBUS DAY, it was two o’clock on the morning such as this that | opher Columbus more than four an October day go pointed the rd the shore of Waltir vatore, in the Bahamas. rch of a new trade route to India, Island, San He was in prid lay at his tition of the of birds Columbus landed: off the coast 'of But no matter where he ded, he had struck America and | reby opened for those millions of folk o were to come after him. From the hta Maria and her sister ships to submersibles that cross the At- tic four hundred and twenty years er is a big step in maritime his- | Fo today thirty-three states in the ion celebrate Columbus Day. There o reason why each and every state e of the commonwealihs are slow Jjoining the procession. every state will do honor to the noese explorer who discovered the ndation of the greatest nation the The achievement of greater and more gnificent today than at any other rld ever saw. a collosal ggle for supremacy, with men at d that Columbus left as a heritage the many millions of his followers 0 were to come later proves itself aven for men tired of the rule of Columbus shall er be forgotten while men breath } pure air of freedom hservience to AMERICAN OTHERS. column on MOTHER A n another this page re will be found a letter couched in | sentiment and American mother. lores the fact that the mothers of se returning heroes have made no certed action to honor the Presi- t of the United States for seeing sity on the Mexican ‘der were saved from the horror of Individually, pthers of these boys will be on hand the festive the entire city of New Britain welcome them boys are the defenders this country just as much as if in actual They are better men for hav- gone through their bit of service Commander-in-Chief who ows what war means and who re- pes to rush his troops pell mell into T on the least pretense Fent from the outbursts of Colonel velt are the patience and joy of s American fnts must find a harbor in the bosom The Colonel condemnation all American mothers. esident of bse who honor that President be- kept us out of war,” es voice to this statement:—*Presi- nt Wilson’s ignoble shirking of re- nsibility has been erly misleading phrase, the phrs In the eyes of a bully any man who | t in a street brawl | bil his hands refrains from street embroglios and aving kept | there is always the Iyhoo artist to call that of a coward and the utter- ¥s there is little difference. Be- | on a hero and a fool there is ere are heroe ere are few om can be care of Presi- ;land, or any of the mon- 'chs of Europe, whom does Colonel EW BRTAIN HERALD HERATLD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Provristors. mother would nationality ? There are more than a million mothers in Burope who wish there was some- one there hig enough to have kept their sons out of war. Yet the entire can be searched Roosevelt think whatever that choose, her continent from one end to another and in only a few ces, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and a few such countries, who can there be their kept it enter found men out of of these countries mi death “He kept us out of war” It is a sensible light of what it it is far countries war. As ht moment. is, all the No! a cowardly rena of at any is not phrase. one. in the | m Viewed ans to get than that, it is ¢ into war more phrase that carries with it the peace and tranquility that | belong to those who have experienced no bloodshed. Up to date it is esti- mated that there have been killed and wounded on the battleflelds of Europe some ten million men. There way of figuring how many is no homes are thus thrown into mourning, how many mothers whose hearts are | the of broken at loss sons, how sisters how how many are sacrificed, many sweethearts left lonely, many wives who are widowed, how many children made orphans. If all these mothers and sisters and sweet- hearts and little children were assembled, they could give some very good reasons why the phrase “He has kept us out of war” is not a cowardly one. If it is, they wish in their hearts that there was someone in Europe cowardly enough to have kept their sons and brothers and flances and husbands and fathers out of war. Europe has not been kept but America has. And S0 an American mother gives thanks to the man who through all the trials of the past two years has guilded the ship of state over the dangerous rocks and who has kept the nation out of when it was such an easy thing to go over the falls. All the mothers in the land, when they analyze the situation, when they see the difference between Europe and America, will feel as this mother in New Britain does, that ‘“honor and gratitude” should be shown the man and wives out of war; war ran is doing to China, but it js evi- dent enough that China squalling lustily and there’s no policeman on the Asiatic beat.—FHouston Post. When the v began there were doubts to whethe seball could hold up to its end against such com- petition. The scoreboard crowds dis- pel all such doubts.—Springfield Re- publican. as “YWhy Growers of Citrus Fruits Are for Huzhes” is a matter of grave con- sideration by the Herald. Obvious- ly it is because they toe are in the business of handing out the lemon to the public.—New York World. The Reveille. (By Bret Harte.) Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo! a nation’s hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum,— Saying, ‘“Come, Freeman, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted,” the quick alarming drum. sald “Let me of my heart take counse War i{s not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?"" But the drum TFechoed, “Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest,” said the solemn-sounding drum. “But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom? What if conquest, subjugation, Fven greater ills become?” But the drum Answered, “Come! You must do the sum to prove it” sald the Yankee answering drum. “What if, 'mid the canons’' thunder, Whistling shot and bursting bomb, ‘When my brothers fall around me, Should my heart grow cold and numb " But the drum Answered, “Come! Better there in death united, than in life a recreant—Come!” Thus they answered,—hoping, fearing, Some in faith, and doubting some, Till a trumpet-voice proclaiming, “My chosen people, come!” Then the drum, « Lo, was dumb, Said, | auspices | find the Silesian cit Silesian City of Gorlitz Prison Camp for Greeks | | Washington, D. C., Oct. 12.—‘The Greek troops which fell into the hands of the German army when the Teu- tonic allies occupied the Aegean ses port of Kavala would, under happier than military internment, of Gorlitz, where held, one of the most the German empire,” says a war geography bulletin red today by the atlonal Geographic society on the city selected as a prison camp for the 400 officers and 6,000 men of King Constantine’s army. “Situated on the left bank of the Neisse river which flows northward into the Oder, Gorlitz is, next to Bres- Jau, the largest and most flourishing clty of Silesia. It is 129 miles south- east of Berlin, sixty miles east of Dresden and fifty miles west of Lieg- nitz. Its early prosperity, dating back five or six centuries, was due to its location on one of the important com- mercial routes to Poland. “The town received its civic rights as early as the twelfth century and it is famous today for its edifices of the Renaissance period, while perhaps the finest specimen of late Gothic ecclesiastical architecture in this sec- tion of Germany is its Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built in the fif- teenth century. Another religious building of great interest is the Chapel of the Holy Cross which contains a fifteenth century model of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. “In proportion to its population of 85,000, Forlitz enjoys the reputation of being one of the wealthiest muncipal- ities of central Europe, due largely to the fact that it owns a magnificent forest of 70,000 acres. The older por- tions of the town are quaint and pic- turesque, while the industrial section is thoroughly modern and progressive. The chief products of its numerous factories are cloth, linens, toys, gold and silverware, leather goods, chem- icals, machinery and glass. “On the southwest outskirts of the city rises the basaltic hill called Landeskrone, which commands a mag- they are now interesting in nificent view of the entire region. It was on this hill that a peasant boy of | the sixteenth century used to tend his father's sheep and dream' of pails of gold and of visits of strangers. This boy was Boehme, (also called Beem, and Behmont), who was pursuing his trade of master-shoemaker in Gorlitz when he received his first inspiration to write. This famous mystic, who was persistently assailed by Pastor Richter of Gorlitz throughout his ca- reer, is buried in the cemetery of the Chapel of the Holy Cross, and in the same God's Acre is the grave of Min- na Herzlieb, the original of ‘Ottilie’ in Goeth2’s ‘Elective Affinities’ and a woman who left the imprint of her personality on some of the finest son- nets of Germany’s greatest man of let- ters. In the suburbs of Gorlitz is the battlefleld of Moys (1757) where the famous Prussian general Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, for twenty years Frederick the Great's most trusted frind and aide, received his first wound in a long career as a soldier, a wound which proved fatal. Winterfeldt owed his first important advance in military service to his extraordinary helght; he attracted the eve of that eccentric monarch Frederick William I, and was made a lieutenant in the giants' regi- ment. He was the unfailing friend of the crown prince (after Frederick the Great) during the troublous times when the oldg monarch had his son court-martialed on a charge of deser- tion and, according to some blograph- ers, stopped short of ordering the in- fliction of the death penalty only at the solicitation of the ambassadors of foreign powers. “One of the most highly prized of Gorlitz’s possessions is a war monu- ment whose base contains the first cannon captured during the Franco- Prussian war of 1870. It was taken by a company of Gorlitz soldiers at Weis- senburg, an Alsatian town where the initial major engagement of that struggle was fought.” Jakob Behmen COOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED For the great heart of the natlon, throbbing, answered. “Lord, we come!” CCMMUNICATED. ‘who has kept us out of war. And that man is Woodrow Wilson. A DOLLAR FUND. A casual glance at only one item in the annual report of the New Britain Charity Organization made public yes- terday shows that if this good work is to continue arrangements must be made for an increased revenue. The report of the treasurer shows that the receipts of the year totalled $2,306.51 and that the expenditures for the year totalled a sum of $2,906.51. There is therefore a deflcit of six hundred dol- | lars, and this is in the form of a which must be paild. It is | planned now to wage a campaign for the collection of some two thousand dollars, this work to be done under A Dollar Fund. AIl per- sons who can afford will be asked to contribute one dollar. In the past the Charity Organiza- tion of New Britain has done some good work. Tts past records were no better, any of them, than that of last year. During the terrible winter, one of the bitterest in years, the organiza- tion gave succor to the poor and the needy and in this it took a. great burden off the shoulders of the many loan the slogan, housekeepers and business men in the city. Organized charity as conducted in New Britain is a success. It is a success because the men and women interested in the work are wrapped heart and soul in the enterprise and do not depend solely on what they can get out of it. The mere fact that the streets of New Britain are practically free from beggars and other mendi- cants may be attributed indirectly to the charity organization. Having freed the city from this source of an- noyance it deserves the support of all honest men and women. And its Dollar Fund should find no difficulty in amounting to a sum worth whil FACTS AND FANCIES. may be described as an wholly surrounded by war.-—New York Sun. Nantucket island almost the European Nobody will grudge if the cold weather infant paralysis Star. the fuel bills disposes of the peril.—Washington Oddly enough, the British have seemingly neglected to a way to prevent the transm crop-favoring sunshine and rain to the Central empires.—New: Orleans Times-Picayune. devise on of Foster Sanford has invented the “multiple kick” for his Rutgers team. | This lay should be masked e pecially when the umpire is looking Boston Globe. would not Yhe so trouble about corns if shoes T ie fit the feet instead of eye and the pockethook.—— Times. There much were the 0s Angeles to British “tanks” effective than the kind they had in England before Ll,vd George closed the saloons.— i n Fvening Transcript. We do not know exactly what Ja- Those somewhat more new are e -~ - . - An Appeal to American Mothers to Honor the President of the United States. To the Editor of the Herald: In reading the plans for the return- ing of the heroes, I regret to see the mothers of those brave boys are not making arrangements to show their honor and gratitude to President Wil- son for his work in their behalf. Mothers of these brave boys, take your places in the ranks with the country’s defenders. First honors be- long to you. With sad hearts you parted with those brave boys. Come out and show your honor and grati- tude for President Wilson. AN AMERICAN MOTHER. Seeking. (Isabel Mackay). When, as a lad, at break of day, I watched the fishers sail away, My thoughts like flocking would follow Across the curving sky’s blue hol- low, And on and on— Into the very heart of dawn! birds, For long I searched the world! me! I searched the sky, sea, With much of useless grief and ru- ing, Those winged thoughts of mine pur- suing, So dear were they, So lovely and so far away! I searched the 1 seek them still and always will Until my laggard heart is still, And T am free to follow, follow, Across the curving sky's blue hol- low, Those thoughts too fleet For any save the soul's swift feet! Doo, Dah, Day! (New York Sun). The director of music study in the public schools of this town, Dr. Frank of negro The director of music in the schools of Asheville, ., Wiliis C. Cunningham, objects that chang ing the words would destroy the rhythm and the melody. What would Dr, Rix do with “The Camptown Races,” for example? “Bet mah money on de bobtail nag, som | body bet on de bay.” The “doo duh’ ! refrain of that old song might be re- | placed with a “Selah.” But can the nimblest tongue pack into the tune such a paraphrase as “I am resnlved to favor in my aleatory diversions that speclmen of the solidunzula‘e perissodactyl mammal of the family Equidae and genus Equus which has suffered compulsory abbreviation of its caudal appendage—is any cullod gentleman prepared to wager his Jucre upon the opposing quadruped distin- guished individually hy the castaneous complexion his cutaneous intezu- ment”? Can Dr. Rix? The same acknowledged crasy that would impel an endeavor to compel all men to wear dress suits or uncovered union suits at all times, or all women to let their crowning glory ng in a pig- tail, or all singers to sing in Hotten- tot ‘only moves us to remark that Di- rector Cunningham’s opposition to Di- rector Rix's scheme scems moulded of the substance of reason, d made plastic with a drop of the Juice of human cussedness. R. Rix, advocates the substitution white English for dialect in songs. idiosyr- us to oppo moisteaed | IN Essays and literary studies, by S. B. Leacock. “Nine essays on a variety of themes. . They have many of the qualities of his earlier works, the humor, per- haps, not so spontaneous and ir- resistible.””—A. L. A. Booklist. - w o From Mons to Ypres with General French, by F. A. Coleman. “The author, an American, was one of twenty-five members of the Royal Automobile club, who volunteered to take his motor-car and put it at the service of the British general head- quarters. He was continuously in the firing line and tells about a phase of the fighting that few have written about. tion to stories and heroic deeds of in- dividual soldiers, whom he saw.”— A. L. A. Booklist. P General Both: the career man, by Harold Spender. PR Queen’s net: true storfes of all sorts and conditions of women saved from' the war flood of suf- fering, privation and despair, by the Queen’s Work for Women Fund, by Harold Beghie. .« s Speaking of home, by Lillian Tryon. “Intimate and humorous essays, presenting the attractions of house- wifery with the plea that home-mak- ing is a very much worth-while oc- cupation.”—Publisher’'s Weekly. P Through the Chinese revolution: my experiences in the south and north; the evolution of social life; with party leaders; an leans the coup de’etat; Farjenel. by Fernand P Wreck of the storm, by Maurice Mae- terlinck. oo Educational. Abuse Yoice, cause: ment, by B. I Bouyer. and treat- and A. effects Moure PR Church vacation by Harrlet Chapell “The first hook hensively the history and methods of the school, to treat compre- and purposes daily ummer, and combining re- ruction, handicrafts, and sometimes with a mod *hool work —A. L. A. Book- cupied in ligious i recreation cum of list. PR Education of women in Japan, by M. Burton Effective public Tobinson. “Designed for individual study. wide in scope covering hoth the nd thought building processe: A. Booklist. s ow speaking, hy F. B. is Experimental education, by F. N. Freeman. P Laboratory manual of foods and cook- ery. by T. B. Matteson and E. M. Newlands. - Teaders of girls C. E- Espey. “In a simnle manner the author presents the characteristies of girls during the adolescent period. TUse- ful especially to inexperienced leaders "—A. T. A. Booklist. hy of girl's clubs of branches, nk the common N. Freeman. Puhlic speaking, by J. A. Winans. “Scholarly. practical college confined auite closely to the tion and delivery of the s no attemnt to cover details of) des bating and voice training. nor to in- clude the usual selections for speak text. prepara reech, with ing.”—A. L. A. Booklist. He gives considerable atten- | and the | | are strung Hart | | of the singing and speaking s | sea, stirring, swift-moving, written in vacation | school conducted in the church build- | ing for city children not properly oc- | | Miss Tt | Nest agonized - INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK Vesper talks to girls, by L. A. Knott. “A series of fourteen talks by the principal of a well known Massa- chusetts academy for girls. They deal with perenially interesting and famil- far themes, and have value chiefly be- cause of the speaker’s fine attitude towards life, .at once sympathetic, wholesome, ~ stimulating."—A. L. A. Booklist. P Fiction. Clover and blue grass, by E. C. Hall, pseud. Six sketches of country life, quaint types with homely philosophy. One y. the last. of Aunt Jane of —A. L. A Booklist. Green mansions, a romance of the tropical forest; by William Henry Hudson, with an introduction by John Galsworthy. %o “The book is rich in a strange beauty, but the narrative seems rather a slender, strong thread on which gorgeous panoramas and poems of matchless, vibrant color. When Hudson describes a tree, the sap in it runs. His landscapes are not static glories; they have the brightness and heauty of birds, vet like them too, they are quick with life.”—New Republic. pro; .o Halt! Who's there, by Wilfred Mey- nell. “A companion “Aunt volume to | sarah and the war.” interviews | unconditional | “Like its predecessor, it is 'dis- tinguished by its pathos, wit, and fra- grant charm. The author knows the world of today well. and, if he were not an idealist, could be an effective satirist.”—Athenaeum. P James B. Connolly. land and Head winds, hy “Tales of adventure by a clear and style.”—N. Y. Times. vigorous ow o | Heritage of the Sioux, by B- M. Bower. “Another volume in the “Flying-U" series of popular Western stories.”— Publisher’s note. e ox Love and Lucy. by Maurice Hewlett. “A very entertaining human comedy, narrated with and humor.”—N. Y. Times. PP heartstrings, truth Theodosis by A F1. Donnell “A staid spinster’s experiences with | the | ” A slight | four irrepressible children, by author of “Rebecca Mary romance is interwoven.”—Tublisher’s note! P builder, by Beatrice Robertson Hale. “Conflicting ideals in marriage fur- nish the theme. The problem has many another couple. Mary Stefen are original creations pul- with life—N. Y. Times. R of St. and sing Pleasant ways Medard, by irace King. “This new hook gives the author a definite place literary artist.”"— Prof. Phelps. as a PR Profit and loss. by Amelia Barr. ayiis Worn doorstep, by Marqaret Sher- wood “Story of with r life Acter by English countr development of British cha un- der stress of the war; told an American girl in the form of a journal addressed to her English lover. The story presents no relief from the great sorrow evcept that found in seh- | viece to suffering humanking and of that there is much. Beautifully told, 11d be well liked by serious read- —Publisher’s note. mysterious | | episode of the | Forbes- | | some | of Virginiz | worshipped BLAME WILSON. If you're feeling kind of blue and you don’t know what to do, { _Blame Wilson. | If your landlord turns you out with a slashing upper clout, | __Blame Wilson, If your wifie runs away or the frost spoils all the hay If there’s any wrong you know | don’t hesitate to say That there’s just one man respansible for all this muss today, Blame Wilson. | Aren’t the foreigners at war? Aren't | the fashions simply raw? | Blame Wilson. And the Dodgers going bad which makes Charlie EBbets sad? Blame Wilson. Why, the whole sphere's gone insane and while no one is to blame We feel we must blame someone so we here and now declaim: Blame Wilson. of, Who Cares What Europe Thinks of Us (San Francisco Bulletin.) Complmnls are still being heard from time to time—like the leisurely Dopping of corn over a slow fire— that the Uniteq States is no longer re- spected abroad, that it is no longer any fun to be an American, and that it will take a long time to get Ameri- ¢an prestige back where it was be- fore the war. Probably not many Americans worry over this distressing possibility. Perhaps not more than five ber cent. of Americans worry over it. The rest are so busy earning a liv- ing that they hardly have time to :‘:;e about the prestige of their coun- There is comfort ever for the five per cent., who have leisure in which to be concerned about the country’s pres- tige. If they woulq stop to think about it the realization might come to them that the prestige of the United States is not at present at stake, and that between one-third and one-half of the clvilized world is certain to lose all of its prestige and a great deal more be- fore the war is over. The contemptu- ous attitude of a German or an Eng- lishman toward an American, suppos- ing that such an attitude exists, is as nothing compared with the feeling be- tween Germans and Englishmen. The belligerent world will be mighty glad, after the war is over, to pick up as many kind, obliging, businesslike friends as it can find, and it will have too many roubles of its own to ask questions about the diplomatic record of the United States. If our country loses prestige at all it will be among the gang of so-called diplomats who were too stupid or to greedy or too bloodthirsty to stop the war, and it should not be much satisfaction to enjoy prestige with them, anyhow. Let them despise peaceful, law-abiding, hard-working America. America is too big to feel their contempt. New England’s Glory. (Springfield Republican.) The managers of such summer ho- tels as have felt able to keep their es- tablishments open later than usual this year have found exceptional prof- it in doing so. Fear of the epilemic of infantile paralysis has led many families to remain away whose usual home-coming time the advent of Sep- tember has brought. In addition to this automobilists and others are learning that the country is more at- tractive after Nature has painted her fall colors upon the trees. Not yet has the full glory of this autumnal ex- hibit come in Bershire and New Eng- and generally. Because of the abun- dant rains which produced unusual luxuriance of foliage, the time for the transformation from green to gold, red and brown is belated. Just now be- cause of the warm days and cool nights haze broods ov fields, hills anq mountains. Such a condition has its attractions, but later on will come the cold, crisp time when the distant views can be obtained through an atmosphere like that of Colorado. Pointed Paragraphs. (New York Globe.) Struggling to get rich quick keeps many a man poor. Once in a great while a cook gets contrary and refuses to quit. Nothing ever takes such a hard fall out of worry as hard labor. You can save a lot of carfare by let- ting your thoughts travel for you. Some men are so mean that they even refuse to let their wives have the last word. Many a conservative man loses his money on a sure thing because he is afraid to take chances. Comparatively few people remain in the self-satisfied class after they once get acqnuainted with themselves. No doubt more young men would be able to earn their own living if they did not have rich and foolish fathers to support them. The Injury to the Spurned Beauty. (New York Times). The Hartford Courant reprints a disquisition by a Hartford correspond- ent of The Shore Line Times on “New England and Wilson.” From the beginning President Wil- son has had no use for New England and no place for it in his single-track mind. Therefore New BEngland is cold as frosty Caucasus’ fonts and will pun- ish the president for his neglect. The sad fact is that Mr. Wilson in of his historical appraisements has ventured to insist upon the past, so often forgotten by Yankees writers, and the south, of the Mid- dle states. in colonial and national achievement. Now New' England, with all her gifts and virtues, is a jealous mistress. Her children have written and sung a good sharc of American history. Her light has never been hidden under a bushel. She will be with no divided heart. How can ancient and rock-ribbed New Englanders like Dr. Bliot, Richard Olney and Simeon E. Baldwin forgive a man who doesn't habitually ‘“put New England first”? WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed In ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office. Why Boys Leave the Farm. Melvin D. Hildreth in World's Work.) “Four or five years ago,” said & candidate for governor of North Da= kota, “‘a member of the faculty of the state university wrote me that he was preparing a paper on how to keep the boys and girls on the farm and he asked me to give him somae suggestions. “I told him that conditions I saw no reason why thae boys and girls should stay on the farm and that I, a farmer, would not blame them if they left it. I told him that we had to work from five o’'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at night to prepare our pro=-- ducts for market and then have theé Chicago Board of Trade and the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce fix the price we were to be paid for our work. I told him that when farmers got their rights and a fair share of the prices paid for the things they produce then I would say to the boys and girls ‘go back to the farm.’ ", (By under existing College Athletics, (Boston Post). The voice which has been raised at Yale against extravagance in thel preparation for intercollegiate cons tests In athletic sports is by no meang unreasonable. It is based upon the alleged “unprofitable scramble ta raise huge sums of money for the payment of disproportional salaried demanded by expert coaches.” This is a condition brought aboulg through the acute rivalry of years comparatively recent In the ecarly period of collegiate meets, the con= tending athletes, in rowing, upon the ball field and in other antagonisms, were confessedly amateurs; what they, knew and what they practiced in the sports in which they contended, of, skill and of force, they had acquired) by themselves. It was a heart{f gsame of hoys, not of semi-profession-¥ als under professional direction. It may be seriously questioncdd® whether recourse to paid expert in- struction has been of advantage. In fact, the professional trainer is almost | as much as anomaly in amateur sport as would be, for instance, a crew of professional oarsmen in the varsity boat, The movement which ha form at Yale looks to rever better sentimental conditions. A Railroad President Abandons Mr. Tlughes, (New York World.) Mr. Hughes' failure to get the solid, railroad president vote is foreshadow- ed in an admirable statement bearing the name of Robert S. Lovett of the Union Pacific company. = Whiie Mry Lovett is almost as much disturbed by the eight-hour law as the legalistic Mr. Hughes appears to be, he never- theless favors the re-election of Pres- ident Wilson and for a reason which, has not as yet received a great deal of attention. Under this administration, it seems, business has had to deal “‘only with law and not with executive orders and favoritism.” No ‘“special dispen- sations to form trusts” have beem sranted, and it has not been neces- sary to ‘“‘consult the White Hous rather than counsel” before engaging in extensive enterprises . ““The statutes’ and not the presidential feelings or state of mind” have been the guide of busine: As compared with “recent republican administration these conditions appeal to Mr. Lovett with such power that he is willing to over- look some things and take his chances with a president “who has given us business peace and an open field for a fair fight.” At republican headquarters sucht expressions, of course, will be guard- ed as rank hearsay, not to say blas- phemy, and in some sections of the financial district there will be an in- clination to hold Mr. Lovett and the whole Union Pacific system on a charge of high treason. We are in doubt only as to Mr. Hughes himself. Since he has taken all of his so-called arguments thus far from the railroad' presidents, how is he to reconcile him- gelf with the defection of one of the greatest of them? s taken ioa to Not All on the Train. (Philadelphia Record). of traveling | around in Mr. Hughes’ “Golden Special,” but many of them are do ing nothing of the sort. Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke college, agrees with Dr. Charles W, Eliot “that an extraordinary amount of good work has been done during the present administration and that the man chiefly responsible for the consummate service to the American"® people should be again their chief servant.”” Emily G. Balch, professor of economics and sociology in Welles- ley college, believes that “it would be most unwise to remove a president who has done such an extraordinary amount of good work during his ministration.” Zona Gale, short story writer, and Ida Tarbell, blographer of Lincoln and historian of the Standard Oil are supporting the president. Some the women are ad- Philippine Names. (Kansas City Times.) The Philippines are rapidly becom- ing Americanized. The 300-year-old ‘“Bridge of Spain” that spans the Pa- sig river at Manila has been renamed “Jones Bridge,” in compliment to Chairman Jones of the insular affairs committee. But it would be unfortun- ate if the process should stop there, | There is something anomalous in a | Jones bridge crossing a Pasig river. | The stream ought certainly to be re- named, and it would be a gaceful tribute to the chairman of the military affairs committee to call it Hay creek. ¥ It owuld be all right for a Jones bridge to cross a Hay creek. Somehow, that | 1 just what you would expect it to do, i